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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
(a) The owner of the village inn.
(b) Rip's neighbor.
(c) A former governor of New York.
(d) The village schoolmaster.
2. In the epigraph from Cartwright's play, to whom does the speaker swear that he will be honest?
(a) The Saxon god, Woden.
(b) The Norse god, Odin.
(c) The Christian God.
(d) The Celtic god, Alator.
3. How does Rip's wife treat his dog?
(a) She ignores the dog completely.
(b) She treats the dog the same way she treats Rip.
(c) She insists that the dog stay outside and earn its keep on the farm.
(d) She treats the dog better than anyone else in the family.
4. Under what pseudonym was "Rip Van Winkle" published?
(a) Geoffrey Crayon.
(b) James Fenimore Cooper.
(c) Washington Irving.
(d) Diedrich Knickerbocker.
5. On page 29, the mountains are said to be "lording it over the surrounding country." This is an example of which literary technique?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synechdoche.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Rip stop spending time with his friends?
2. What is true of Rip's children in the beginning of the story?
3. Which nation controls New York at the time when Rip and the village are introduced to the reader?
4. Who is Derrick Van Brummel?
5. From the description of Rip's attitude to his farm, on page 30, what can be deduced about Rip?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Rip and his friends do when they gather together outside the village inn, and how does this characterize Rip?
2. Describe the condition of Rip's children.
3. Explain the relationship of Washington Irving, Diedrich Knickerbocker, and Geoffrey Crayon.
4. How is the setting of the Catskills described?
5. Describe the condition of Rip's home and farm.
6. Describe the relationship between Rip and his wife.
7. Describe the contents of the story's epigraph and tell how this relates to the frame narrative.
8. Describe how Rip's relationship with the dog contrasts with his wife's relationship with the dog.
9. Explain what the frame narrative says about the historian who recorded Rip's story--where does his work come from, and how reliable is it?
10. What relationship does Rip have with the village children, and how does it characterize him?
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